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Wow! The Republican National Convention in Tampa was quite an event. The city of Tampa kept its guests entertained yet safe. Despite the need to divert resources to storm preparations for the possible landfall of Hurricane Isaac, the city was able to handle things with grace and aplomb. There were even reports that protesters complemented security operations over events in the past.

Despite this constant irritation, I really enjoyed the speeches. If you haven’t had time to watch them, you should check out the 2012 Republican National Convention YouTube channel. Especially fun is the ad-libbed talk by Hollywood great Clint Eastwood. Many in the media are trying to portray him as unwatchable and inarticulate (Shultz and Maddow on MSNBC) or the speech as disjointed or pathetic.

This is far from the truth. I agree with Richard Fernandez’s assessment: “It was an old man’s delivery, but overstatedly so for effect. It was a cutting delivery and for that reason delivered in low-key.”

Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan made a great point last night. The biggest threat to Medicare is Obamacare.

The President and his defenders like to say that they didn’t take $716 Billion from Medicare. They say that it is still there. But, you and I both know that if you are using that $716 billion for Obamacare then it isn’t there for our seniors. You can’t use the same (huge) pile of money to fund both programs. If Medicare costs will be reduced through improvements and cost savings, who gets paid less? The doctors and hospitals that are currently treating our seniors are already paid way below market for their services. More cuts mean fewer doctors will take Medicare patients. Those that do will have to make up in volume what they lose in per patient reimbursement. Less time with your physician and longer waits for visits will play nicely with the government overseers that get to determine what kind of treatments you will be allowed to receive.

But, Medicare is not the only place that the administration is covertly hurting our seniors. look at this economy. Higher gas and food prices hit those on fixed incomes especially hard. To make ends meet, more seniors are trying to stay in the workforce longer or find work after “retirement”. The current high unemployment is forcing generations to move back in together just to keep afloat, further depressing housing values that seniors thought formed the backbone of their retirement portfolio. Add to this the abysmally low-interest rates that seniors are receiving on their savings and you have a real disaster on your hands.

Glenn Reynolds (the Instapundit) has a great analysis of these and other economic problems created or exacerbated by this President.

Our seniors are suffering and face increasing hardship. Yet, the media choose to ignore the crisis at hand. I guess we can tell who they are rooting for.

Posted onAugust 26, 2012|Comments Off on Occupy Anarchists To Attack Republican National Convention

We saw back in 2008 the lengths that the left would go to in trying to disrupt the Republican National Convention. Violent agitators used every means possible to disrupt security in attempts to get at the delegates and the venue. Millions in property damage was done while hundreds were detained or arrested. Luckily, the police had managed to break up of the most violent cells before lives could be lost. The video of the protests is shocking.

Well, as with most of their efforts in the 2012 election season, the left has decided to go dirtier and meaner. Blogs and social networks are buzzing with groups organizing their efforts. Videos are surfacing with instructions on effective tactics for disrupting security, how to infiltrate businesses and events, how to lure emergency personnel away from where they are needed, and even how to disrupt the 911 and emergency communications systems. Last year’s Occupy movement seems to have recruited and trained a cadre willing to do anything for their “movement”.